A cyclone in Sri Lanka kills over 1000 people.
Tag: 1978
8 March 1978
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
8 March 1978
The first episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is broadcast on radio.
12 June 1978
The “Son of Sam” killer (David Berkowitz), is jail for 365 years for six killings.